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IN VENTOR.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. GABRIELSEN, OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND.

CONVEYER.

SPECIFICATION forming part cf Letters Patent .No. 714,889, datedDecember 2, 1902. Application filed February 28. 1902. Serial No.96.171. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES AUGUSTUS GABRIELSEN, sailmaker, a subject ofthe King of England, and a resident of Liverpool, in the county ofLancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inOonveyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference more particularly to conveying timber fromone place to another-as, for instance, from a ships side to a desiredposition on the quay or Warehouse, and vice versa, orfrom wagons orother vehicles to a place of storage, or vice versa; and it hasprimarily for its object and effect to provide a mechanical means ofconveying or transporting timber from one place to anothersay from aships side to the place where it is required to be piled or stacked orotherwise, as above referred to; but it may also be used for theconveyance of otherarticles of equivalent or analogous kind--snch asboxes of goods, bales, the.

According to my invention a timber-conveyer comprises a plurality ofconveyer sections or lengths suitably supported and connected togetherend to end and on or about the same level with each other, so that thearticle which is being conveyed will pass at one level from one platformto the otherduring its transit. The conveyer lengths or parts consist ofa frame carrying a plurality of rollers, and these (or some of them) areconstantly rotated through suitable powerdriven gearing. The pieces oftimber are placed upon the rotating rollers of the first conveyerlength, and when they reach the place required they are caused to beremoved by a device which displaces them laterally as they are travelingalong and by which they are made to fall 0% sidewise in the requiredmanner onto the ground or other place of deposit. In order that theconveyer may be readily placed and adjusted in the position required foruse, one of the conveyor lengths (preferably the first) is hinged to astand or supporting-frame which is pivoted to a baseplate and preferablymounted on Wheels. By this arrangement the receiving end of the conveyermay be readily turned or fixed in the correct position for taking up thearticles and adj nsted as required. On this stand or frame the motormachinery may be conveniently fixed.

The invention will be further described with the aid of the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of aconveyer according to my invention. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of aconveyer length viewed from the opposite side to that shown in Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, a designates generally the conveyerframes or platforms, and c designates the rollers, these rollers beingmounted in bearings (Z, supported on the under members e of the framesor platforms. Between the rollers 0 tables f are provided, and, as shownin the drawings, the upper portions of the rollers project above thesurface of these tables. These tables are supported from the framemembers 6. At one side of each of the roller-carrying frames orplatforms a horizontal shaft 9 is mounted, and this shaft is providedwith bevel-Wheels h, which gear with the bevel-wheels 2', provided atthe ends of the spindlesj of the rollers c, and so all the rollers aregeared together and driven.

Motion is imparted from one conveyer length to another by means ofsprocketwheels Z on the ends of the shafts Z and sprocket-chains 7t,passing over the wheels Z. These wheels are geared to theconveyerroller-operati n g shafts 9 through bevel-wheels Z on the shaftsZ and bevel-Wheels Z on the ends of the shafts g and meshing with Z Theform of connection shown in the draw ings by which the conveyer lengthsare connected together consists of a rod or bar m, provided on the endof one length, with which the hooks m of another length engage. By thisor equivalent hinged method of connection movement is permitted betweenthe platforms, so that the ends of same may be raised and lowered as maybe required, and, moreover, the lengths or frames may be readilyconnected and disconnected.

The supporting-stand n of the conveyor length or frame from which poweris taken is pivoted at n to the base 0, which is carried on wheels 0,the conveyer length itself being hinged to the brackets or standards 19at p, about Which it can be moved up and down as required. A trestle orstand q is used to support the adjacent ends of the lengths or frames,and a similar trestle q may be used when desired to support the loadingend of the first conveyer length. These trestles may be removed when thestack of wood or other articles reaches the level of the conveyer.

In the construction illustrated the rollers of the conveyer are actuatedby a steam-em gine s, which is mounted on the pivoted stand.

'n, motion being conveyed to the shaft 9 and thence to the rollersthrough a spur-wheel g connected with the inner side of fiy-w'heel s,and which gears with a spur-wheel .9 provided on the end of shaft g; butany suitable means of transmitting power to the moving parts of theconveyer may be employed-as, for instance, by an electric motor.

The means for displacing and removing the articles from the conveyerafter being carried to the place required consists of devices which uponthe articles coming into contact with them displace same and cause themto leave the conveyer at the side, the point at which the articles leavethe conveyer depending upon the inclination of the displacer bar ordevice. The discharging or displacer device shown in the drawingsconsists of a bar t, pivoted at t to the side of the frames at, and whennot in use rests against the side plate a of the conveyer, standing overthe drivingge'ar. In use one of the displacer-barst is moved out intothe path of the timber or articles being conveyed and secured in thedesired position by pins 1;, which fit in the sockets v on one of thetables f, Fig. 2. The bar t is shown moved out in its extreme outwardposition.

In operation the timber (or other article) is loaded or placed in theleading end of the first frame a and is moved forward by the rollers 0along same and from one length to another, and when it comes intocontact with a displacer-bar t it is generally forced off the side ofthe conveyer onto the ground or other place of deposit. Further, withregard to the handling of timber the conveyer will be preferably placedin a direction parallel with the position or direction of length of thestack on which timber is being piled in order that the pieces of timbermayafter leaving the conveyer be lifted up, carried away, and placed inposition with the least possible Work and greatest expedition; and ifthe pile is being built up near the side of the conveyer the conveyermay be moved forward as the pile grows.

In the drawings the rollers c are shown as being all geared with thedriving-shaft g, but, if desired, alternate rollers may be actuated, orsome may be geared and some loose, according to the conditions ofworking the conveyer or requirements. It is also to be stated that whilethe particular forms or parts of the conveyer set forth with referenceto and shown in the drawings are convenient and advantageous forconveying timber they nevertheless can be modified or equivalents usedto meet modified or dilferent requirements orspecial cases withoutdeparting from the invention claimed hereunder.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. Apparatus for conveying timber, or articles of the kind hereinreferred to, comprising a plurality of movable conveyer lengths adisposed end to end, and at the same level at such ends, each lengthhaving driven moving conveying-rollers c geared together, and flexibletransmission means eX- tending between said roller-driving gearings ofthe said conveyer lengths; substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. Apparatus for conveying timber, or articles of the kind hereinreferred to, comprising a plurality of conveyer lengths disposed end toend, and at the same level, each length having driven movingconveying-rollers; and means connected with one of said lengths of theconveyer adapted to displace the goods sidewise, and discharge same offthe conveyer; substantially as set forth.

3. In a timber or like conveying apparatus, frames, as a, looselyconnected together, each containing a plurality of rollers c; ahorizontal shaft g, and bevel-gearing by which said rollers are rotated;chain It and sprocketwheels Z for transmitting power from one frame toanother; a stand at pivoted at n to base 0, upon which the hinged end ofone of the frames a is supported; and displacer or guide-bars t pivotedat t; as set forth with reference to and shown in the drawings.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

' CHARLES A. GABRIELSEN.

Witnesses:

LAWR. GOODALL, Gno. E. GoDDINc.

